Methods	Randomised 6 weeks post admission
Participants	N: 303 (EX n=151; CON n=152) 100% men Mean age: EX = 50.3 (SE 0.65) years CON =52.8 (SE 0.67) years Diagnosis: MI Ethnicity: NR Inclusion: MI patients admitted to the coronary care unit; diagnosis based on ECG changes and /or elevation of serum glutamic oxaloacetic transaminase or lactic dehydro-genase taken on three consecutive days ExclusIon: >70 years; heart failure at follow-up clinic; cardio-thoracic ratio exceeding 59%; severe chronic obstructive lung disease; hypertension requiring treatment; diabetes requiring insulin; disabling angina during convalescence; orthopaedic or medical disorders likely to impede progress in the gym, personality disorders likely to render patient unsuitable for the course
Interventions	Exercise group: Duration: 12 weeks; Frequency: attended gym 2 × weekly : Mode: Exercises arranged on a circuit basis and pure isometric exercise was avoided. Control group: Did not attend gym
Outcomes	Total mortality, non fatal MI at 5 months, 1 year, 2 year and 3 year after MI (mean F/U 2.1 years)
Notes	There appears to be a reduction in mortality in exercise participants with inferior MI
Risk of bias
Bias	Authors’ judgement	Support for judgement
Random sequence generation (selection bias)	Unclear risk	“randomly allocated”
Allocation concealment (selection bias)	Unclear risk	Not reported.
Blinding (performance bias and detection bias) All outcomes	Unclear risk	Unclear in terms of assessment of outcomes.
Incomplete outcome data (attrition bias) All outcomes	High risk	21% lost to follow up, no description of withdrawals or dropouts
Selective reporting (reporting bias)	Unclear risk	No information reported.